Research: ahead of Slovakia’s parliamentary elections, AI-generated deepfake videos of politicians are spreading on Facebook, Telegram, and other platforms (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)

<div>Research: ahead of Slovakia's parliamentary elections, AI-generated deepfake videos of politicians are spreading on Facebook, Telegram, and other platforms (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)</div>

Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: Research: ahead of Slovakia’s parliamentary elections, AI-generated deepfake videos of politicians are spreading on Facebook, Telegram, and other platforms — Videos featuring AI-generated deepfake voices of politicians are spreading on social media ahead of the Slovak… Continue Reading →

30/09/2023

Valve announces SteamVR 2.0 in beta, with an updated keyboard, Steam Chat and Voice Chat integration, and an improved Store, after teasing the project in 2019 (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Valve announces SteamVR 2.0 in beta, with an updated keyboard, Steam Chat and Voice Chat integration, and an improved Store, after teasing the project in 2019 — Valve built up to virtual reality for a… Continue Reading →

26/09/2023

Doc: Booking.com accuses the EU of using “misleading” and “selective” facts to block its €1.63B Etraveli acquisition and plans to challenge any ban in court (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

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Doc: Booking.com accuses the EU of using "misleading" and "selective" facts to block its €1.63B Etraveli acquisition and plans to challenge any ban in court (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Doc: Booking.com accuses the EU of using “misleading” and “selective” facts to block its €1.63B Etraveli acquisition and plans to challenge any ban in court — US online travel site says Brussels has not shown… Continue Reading →

23/09/2023

A group of 18 state AGs backs Montana’s effort to ban TikTok, urging a US judge to reject legal challenges ahead of the January 1, 2024, effective date (David Shepardson/Reuters)

<div>A group of 18 state AGs backs Montana's effort to ban TikTok, urging a US judge to reject legal challenges ahead of the January 1, 2024, effective date (David Shepardson/Reuters)</div>

David Shepardson / Reuters: A group of 18 state AGs backs Montana’s effort to ban TikTok, urging a US judge to reject legal challenges ahead of the January 1, 2024, effective date — A group of 18 state attorneys general… Continue Reading →

19/09/2023

Q&A with Apple executives Jeremy Sandmel and Tim Millet on the company’s gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro, MetalFX upscaling, gaming controllers, and more (Taylor Lyles/IGN)

<div>Q&A with Apple executives Jeremy Sandmel and Tim Millet on the company's gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro, MetalFX upscaling, gaming controllers, and more (Taylor Lyles/IGN)</div>

Taylor Lyles / IGN: Q&A with Apple executives Jeremy Sandmel and Tim Millet on the company’s gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro, MetalFX upscaling, gaming controllers, and more — Apple is really leaning into the “Pro” aspect of the… Continue Reading →

16/09/2023

Visa’s credit card disputes hit 90M+ in 2022, up 24% in 2020 and ~2% in both 2021 and 2022, widely attributed to the online shopping shift since the pandemic (Ignacio Gonzalez/Bloomberg)

<div>Visa's credit card disputes hit 90M+ in 2022, up 24% in 2020 and ~2% in both 2021 and 2022, widely attributed to the online shopping shift since the pandemic (Ignacio Gonzalez/Bloomberg)</div>

Ignacio Gonzalez / Bloomberg: Visa’s credit card disputes hit 90M+ in 2022, up 24% in 2020 and ~2% in both 2021 and 2022, widely attributed to the online shopping shift since the pandemic — – Visa fields 90 million disputes… Continue Reading →

12/09/2023

Code in Uber’s iPhone app suggests the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, to let users hire people to conduct various tasks (Bloomberg)

<div>Code in Uber's iPhone app suggests the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, to let users hire people to conduct various tasks (Bloomberg)</div>

Bloomberg: Code in Uber’s iPhone app suggests the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, to let users hire people to conduct various tasks — – Uber is looking for new ways to grow beyond rides, deliveries — … Continue Reading →

09/09/2023

Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Kids Online Safety Act’s lead sponsor, says the US legislation would be used to “protect minor children” from transgender people (Erin Reed/Erin In The Morning)

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Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Kids Online Safety Act's lead sponsor, says the US legislation would be used to "protect minor children" from transgender people (Erin Reed/Erin In The Morning)

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Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning: Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Kids Online Safety Act’s lead sponsor, says the US legislation would be used to “protect minor children” from transgender people — The lead sponsor of the “Kids Online Safety… Continue Reading →

05/09/2023

DappRadar: monthly NFT trading volume fell 81% between January 2022 and July 2023, while monthly NFT sales dropped 61%; bitcoin is up nearly 55% in 2023 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: DappRadar: monthly NFT trading volume fell 81% between January 2022 and July 2023, while monthly NFT sales dropped 61%; bitcoin is up nearly 55% in 2023 — When you look at the charts, “everything is down.” — NFTs first… Continue Reading →

02/09/2023

Interviews with 36 Remotasks workers in the Philippines, who annotate data for Scale AI customers in the US, reveal delayed, reduced, or canceled payments (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Interviews with 36 Remotasks workers in the Philippines, who annotate data for Scale AI customers in the US, reveal delayed, reduced, or canceled payments — CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — In a coastal city in the southern Philippines,… Continue Reading →

29/08/2023

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